I listed a sealed 30th Gold C3P0 and some person kept emailing and asking how he can find one in a sealed boxed set. Needless to say, he never placed a Buy It Now offer after I asked if he was interested. Then I finally received a decent offer that I accepted. The UK buyer never paid after asking me twice if shipping will require a signature.

I won an open UCS Vader Tie Defender and the seller doesn't want to claim my payment via PayPal. Although feedback was low, his email is legit. I just sent him one.

My son wanted a Batman 1 Batmobile so I won one, Auction stated complete except for the road block. 16 minor elements ended up missing from both vehicles and seller shipped the set in the original lego box (wasn't listed in the auction) w/ supermarket brown paper around it. Never the less, the box was a pleasant surprise.

Feel free to also post any eBay feedback horror stories.

You should never have let the situation go this long. Yes, the buyer is a fruitcake or dead or in prison or catastrophically disorganized, but none of that excuses a failure on your part to ship what he has paid for.

At this stage, I would refund in full, and eat two sets of final value fees. For future, give the buyer a deadline to combine shipping with payment in full of about 3 to 7 days, and if they haven't you ship what they have paid for and treat the rest as a separate transaction.

 

Absolutely. There is no reason to go anywhere with it. Refund the money because if he comes back and opens something, you are going to have nothing to stop him from leaving you negative feedback, etc.

You should have shipped the set he paid for and offered a cancellation on the second as it seems it was most likely an error purchasing 2.You could of cancelled even if he didnt respond after 7 days and you would have fulfilled your obligations by sending him what he paid for. It happens often a buyer may buy something twice "not knowing the fist time if it worked" Its your call what to do now and what feels right with you.

Appreciate the imput. Just more curious if anyone dealt with something like this before

Appreciate the imput. Just more curious if anyone dealt with something like this before

 

Absolutely. Non-communicative buyers, flaky buyers, and even as I mentioned dead or hospitalized or evicted or imprisoned buyers are all something that most sellers of any volume and longevity will have to deal with occasionally in their careers.

 

That's why it's extremely important that as a seller you are on top of things and holding up your end of the bargain in those situations, either by shipping or refunding, in a more timely manner.

I've been even on ebay for 8 years with two years off and have never dealt with a situation like this. Maybe I've just been lucky.

You might have been lucky, or your sales volume may simply be low enough that the law of unusual scenario averages hasn't had time to catch up with you.

Ive had a couple of these. Anytime someone buys in a quantity without doing it in one purchase, I send them a note. Several people just did it accidentally.

I ask people to combine shipping and ask for a slight discount pretty frequently on eBay when I am buying something. I put it right out there that they can split the difference, so they still make $ and i get a slight break... Win Win in my mind. 

 

I have had a few people refuse, next time they refuse I think I am going to buy both and request they ship in separate boxes.. Its just dumb business and really irritates me...end rant...

lol luv it make sure to wait for the first item to ship before buying the next item

Alpine,

I will join the other two members and say the dude should be reported. A winning bid is a contract that needs to be fulfilled. Ooooops my ....

 

sometimes legit stuff happens, i mad my nephew come over and open up WiiU games that i was selling and I didn't realize it until I went to package it, buyer was quite understanding though and I refunded him rather than sending an opened game that I sold as an unopened one

I ask people to combine shipping and ask for a slight discount pretty frequently on eBay when I am buying something. I put it right out there that they can split the difference, so they still make $ and i get a slight break... Win Win in my mind. 

 

I have had a few people refuse, next time they refuse I think I am going to buy both and request they ship in separate boxes.. Its just dumb business and really irritates me...end rant...

I offer free shipping on everything and have had people e-mail me and ask me to combine shipping and give them a discount. Uh its free ya zombie.

I offer free shipping on everything and have had people e-mail me and ask me to combine shipping and give them a discount. Uh its free ya zombie.

One guy didn't get his package before Christmas with the ups crap, he told me he was outraged and wanted a discount on his shipping costs so I responded I would gladly do that...it was a free shipping item! Haha

I have a good one.

 

guy offers on about $250 worth of my stuff - I accept the offers. He lives in a foreign country and evidently expected free shipping since my listing says free shipping.

 

It does say that - free shipping in the US. The next sentence says "International Shipping is calculated rate". I checked his country - When he put in the offers he saw the right shipping price.

 

I mean, i would love to ship internationally for cheap - but not possible. I can't eat at $50 shipping cost. lol. Assume he will just cancel.

I have a good one.

guy offers on about $250 worth of my stuff - I accept the offers. He lives in a foreign country and evidently expected free shipping since my listing says free shipping.

It does say that - free shipping in the US. The next sentence says "International Shipping is calculated rate". I checked his country - When he put in the offers he saw the right shipping price.

I mean, i would love to ship internationally for cheap - but not possible. I can't eat at $50 shipping cost. lol. Assume he will just cancel.

Just had that happen, has a set some.guy messaged me a asked if the shipping was free to Israel. Good try bud.

Just had that happen, has a set some.guy messaged me a asked if the shipping was free to Israel. Good try bud.

 

Should have said - "Oh yea - and I'll personally deliver it in a clown suit!"

Should have said - "Oh yea - and I'll personally deliver it in a clown suit!"

Be careful as people might request that now.

Ex astris, scientia.

Be careful as people might request that now.

Ex astris, scientia.

 

NEG: Promised to deliver in clown suit and didn't. My kid so disappointed.

Just had that happen, has a set some.guy messaged me a asked if the shipping was free to Israel. Good try bud.

 

Got a guy from Italy, bids on an auction that I expressly said no Internationals.....he seems like a good enough guy....so I start the ball rolling on fufilling the transaction.  15lb item is like 60.00 to Italy....he tells me it should be no more than 18.00. Now in a dispute with him. 

Got a guy from Italy, bids on an auction that I expressly said no Internationals.....he seems like a good enough guy....so I start the ball rolling on fufilling the transaction.  15lb item is like 60.00 to Italy....he tells me it should be no more than 18.00. Now in a dispute with him. 

 

in the dispute, upload a screen shot of the USPS.com (or paypal.com) shipping cost estimate showing weight, box dimensions, options, etc... 

 

Got a guy from Italy, bids on an auction that I expressly said no Internationals.....he seems like a good enough guy....so I start the ball rolling on fufilling the transaction.  15lb item is like 60.00 to Italy....he tells me it should be no more than 18.00. Now in a dispute with him. 

 

I explicitly block Italy from all of my listings. They have a weird ban on all toys not made out of wood. I know it is 50/50 chance the customs will catch this and delay shipping, but why take the chance?

Did you have that shipping quote in eBay invoice you sent him ? It is most likely best just to have him request cancelation for the whole transaction.

   

I explicitly block Italy from all of my listings. They have a weird ban on all toys not made out of wood. I know it is 50/50 chance the customs will catch this and delay shipping, but why take the chance?

Did you have that shipping quote in eBay invoice you sent him ? It is most likely best just to have him request cancelation for the whole transaction.

 

Huh? Thats weird. I have shipped to Italy several times. May need to rethink that.

Italy and Malaysia are two places you should not ship to. Italy has the most corrupt postal service in the world. Look it up.

   

I explicitly block Italy from all of my listings. They have a weird ban on all toys not made out of wood. I know it is 50/50 chance the customs will catch this and delay shipping, but why take the chance?

Did you have that shipping quote in eBay invoice you sent him ? It is most likely best just to have him request cancelation for the whole transaction.

 

I didn't know that....but I did see online that a lot of people do block Italy.

 

I didn't send him an official invoice....but messaged him with what the shipping would be.  We went back and forth a couple of times....to the point where he agreed to cancel the transaction and I'd set up ANOTHER personal auction for the part of the auction he really wanted (It was a Simpsons figure/playset auction....he didn't want the playsets...just the figures).  I told him the new shipping on the 7lb figures lot would be like 45.00....and he balked at that (saying it should only have been 18.00).  I filed a cancelation for the original 7 days ago and he hasn't responded....so I guess he lost interest.

Italy and Malaysia are two places you should not ship to. Italy has the most corrupt postal service in the world. Look it up.

 

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. 

I seem to have the most issues from Russian bidders. Constantly bidding on my stuff even though i usually do not ship internationally, and of course never pay when they win and see the shipping cost.

 

Yesterday i had a Russian ebayer message me about shipping to Russia on Wolverine's Chopper. I told him i usually do not ship internationally (as stated in the auction) and that the shipping would probably be too expensive to be worth it for a $50ish item (Shipping with tracking from Canada is crazy expensive internationally, around $30-$50 usually).

 

He responds back with pricing from USPS with my package weight and dimensions and the services they offered (he literally /copy/pasted USPS's info in the message), and told me i was pulling his chain as it should only be "X" amount, not what i had quoted him. So i responded telling him that first of all being in Canada i do not ship via USPS and subsequently linked him the quote from Canada Post showing the rate i told him.

 

He responded back essentially telling me i was scamming my buyers with high shipping costs.....